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Rat Bastards: The Life and Times of South Boston's Most Honorable Irish Mobster
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Rat Bastards: The Life and Times of South Boston's Most Honorable Irish Mobster
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by John "Red" Shea
Sales Rank : 162662
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Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: William Morrow March 14, 2006
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060837160
ISBN-13: 978-0060837167
Product Dimensions:
8.9 x 5.6 x 1.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
From Publishers Weekly
Shea—who at age 20 was the drug boss for South Boston Irish mobster James "Whitey" Bulger and later served 12 years in federal prison for drug trafficking (yes, he was given the opportunity to rat, but, "like a man," he didn't)—gives gangster honor a bare-knuckled workout in his memoir, a slick read dripping with the underworld holy trinity of sex, drugs and violence. Born in 1965 into a "fucked up family" in South Boston, Shea traded a foundering boxing career for a gig making $4,000 a night selling cocaine and marijuana. Before long, Bulger took him under his wing and, being a tough and honorable guy, Shea ascended the ranks and had a crew working for him before he was busted and did his time. To hear Shea tell the story, he's about the only guy in South Boston who can keep his trap shut—including Bulger, who turned rat and is now in hiding—once the cuffs are on. And though his unrelenting swagger can wear thin and the writing has lackluster moments, Shea's story is a bawdy page-turner in the Iceman tradition that true crime fans will enjoy. 16 pages of b&w photos.(Mar.)
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Product Review
"a slick read dripping with the underworld holy trinity of sex, drugs, and violencea bawdy page-turner." -- Publishers Weekly
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